πλῆθος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a large number of things, a great number
  • majority, main portion
  • something of large size or magnitude
  • specifically: a large group of people: crowd, multitude, throng, mob
  • populace, people, general public
  • magnitude, size, extent

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (fill, full, many).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pleh₁-

Gloss

fill, full, many

Concept
Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

多

Emoji
🥧

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